Performance blue fiesta st detailed

[Paul.M]

Well after seeing Gallys write up on the focus st detail I decided to get off my arse this weekend and crack on with mine,

When I first bought the car the paint was in a right state and its taken me 7 months to finally tackle it.

before:

side before by theycallmepaul, on Flickr

There wasn't really much depth or 'sparkle' to the paint

The car was then foamed with megs hyper wash with some poor boys wash 'n' wax.

Foamed by theycallmepaul, on Flickr

The picture below is after being washed, de-tarred and clayed, note the state of the paint around where the sun hits the car:

Paint condition by theycallmepaul, on Flickr

I then got bored of taking during pictures so just cracked on so here are the final finished shots:

After side by theycallmepaul, on Flickr

after rear by theycallmepaul, on Flickr

after rear shot by theycallmepaul, on Flickr

after front by theycallmepaul, on Flickr

rear quater 2 by theycallmepaul, on Flickr

My Favourite shot:

long shot by theycallmepaul, on Flickr

The interior was then cleaned, hoovered and the leather seats treated:

Interior by theycallmepaul, on Flickr

cleaned seats by theycallmepaul, on Flickr

Thanks for looking

Paul

 

[Ian_182]

Cracking job.

Thats a great colour by the way.

 

[seanybaby1788]

Great transition.

What was your process and what products did you use?

 

[Paul.M]

Cracking job.

Thats a great colour by the way.

Thanks a lot it is a cracking colour in the sun

Great transition.

What was your process and what products did you use?

Thanks it was as follows:

Prewashed with hyperwash with some wash 'n' wax mixed in
Wheels washed with Auto Finesse wheel cleaner
Then the car was washed with poorboys wash 'n' wax
Then all the tar was addressed with Auto Finesse Oblitarate
Then clayed with I4 detailing claybar (can someone reccomend me a replacement for this please?)
After that the car was refoamed and rinsed then polishing

I used the mezerna polishes (Power finish & Final finish)
I used some megs 105 to get rid of some deeper scratches and clean up a mark on the rear bumper
the car was then sealed with poorboys black hole and topped off with poorboys natty blue wax (smells awesome!)
The wheels were sealed with poorboys wheel sealent and the tyres dressed with I4 detailing tyre shine (still going after about 3 years!)

I think that was all the steps...and breathe!

 

[Brad Smith]

Looks immense, really love that colour. Thought about black grills ? Think a Sony head unit and leather gaiter would massively improve the interior

But really does looks amazing, would love to fully correct mine think sea grey would look amazing.

 

[Paul.M]

Looks immense, really love that colour. Thought about black grills ? Think a Sony head unit and leather gaiter would massively improve the interior

But really does looks amazing, would love to fully correct mine think sea grey would look amazing.

Thanks a lot

Sea grey is deffinatley one of the best colours ford do! at the minute I'm looking for something to replace the car with but I have thought about the bits you've mentioned there, depending on how long I keep it for they may get done anyway with them just being cheap things.

 

[Joe#]

Like I said on Facebook before, it looks stunning mate.

I'm loving ST's at the minute.

 

[Paul.M]

Like I said on Facebook before, it looks stunning mate.

I'm loving ST's at the minute.

Cheers Joe, feel free to come for a ride/ have a go at the next meet we're both at!

 

[Joe#]

Thanks a lot mate

 

[Chapppers11]

You got bored after 3 pictures?! Try doing a full length write-up, the worst part is uploading the photos!

Good job though

 

[Paul.M]

You got bored after 3 pictures?! Try doing a full length write-up, the worst part is uploading the photos!

Good job though

Lol! I was eager to get going! these ones took long enough to upload I think it was most of the first half of the footy

 

[Jimbo_M]

Fantastic work mate, performance blue is very rewarding.

 

[RDH]

Top work! Awesome colour when all cleaned up.

 

[not normal dan]

Looks great mate, really got a soft spot for these st's an that colour is great.

 

[lewisredfern001]

looks good m8, try bilt hamber clay, water as lube FTW

 

[jesus]

Good work, it's come up nice